AltWeeklies Wire
Growing Painsnew
In the face of growth and other challenges, national parks are set for expansion--but Congress refuses to pay up.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
02-01-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Federalism, Bush-stylenew
The administration of George W. Bush protects industry by telling states they can't obey the people's wishes.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
01-31-2008 |
Commentary
Sommelier Horror Storiesnew
And the strategies to avoid starring in them.
Monterey County Weekly |
Paul Wetterau |
01-31-2008 |
Food+Drink
Dance Dance Revolutionnew
Filmmaker Ian Iqbal Rashid never thought he’d end up directing How She Move. The London-based director, whose debut feature, Touch of Pink, is a gay romcom that was a hit at Sundance in 2004.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
01-31-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: How She Move, Ian Iqbal Rashid
Life After Turcotnew
The grandiose swoop and curves of Montreal’s most iconic interchange will make way for an entirely new structure, its layers of flyovers and elevated highways replaced by a new structure that hugs the ground, surrounded by berms and embankments.
Montreal Mirror |
Christopher DeWolf |
01-31-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Sundance Shufflenew
Everyone at the Sundance Film Festival this year agreed: It’s no easy task to tell a good story.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
01-31-2008 |
Movies
The Trouble with Billnew
Never mind Hillary. It's the thought of Bill Clinton back in Washington that makes me sick.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
01-31-2008 |
Commentary
Told You So!new
The sportswriters got it wrong, and the Giants got it right.
New York Press |
Matt Elzweig |
01-31-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
A Polite Message From the Surveillance Statenew
Say what you want about Google being an evil corporate overlord that steals all your private data, turns it into info-mulch and then injects it into the technoslaves to keep them drugged up and helpless. There are still some good things about the company despite all that.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Annalee Newitz |
01-31-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Uncommon Groundnew
Centered up in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Silicon Valley's wine country is anything but typical. Which is why it's no surprise that it has become well known for its distinctive pinot noir, winemaking's best-known maverick grape.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Stett Holbrook |
01-31-2008 |
Food+Drink
Propositionednew
Once considered the shining hope for grassroots politics in this country, California's initiative process is in serious trouble. It's gotten so that many voters can't even decipher the state propositions they're supposed to be voting on.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Staff |
01-31-2008 |
Commentary
Toast with a Tripelnew
Tripels often appeal to people who "don’t like beer" as well as die-hard beer fans, because the style is complex and flavorful, and it doesn’t have the hops bitterness or bite that some people find off-putting.
Port Folio Weekly |
Chris Jones and Diane Catanzaro |
01-31-2008 |
Food+Drink
Blackwater Trial, Reduxnew
Steve Baggarly and the six other protestors arrested at Blackwater USA’s Moyock headquarters finally got what they had been denied after a judge abruptly closed the courtroom during their hearing in October: a public forum.
Port Folio Weekly |
Vernal Coleman |
01-31-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Ira Glass' Kings Underscores Need for Good Writingnew
The book contains pieces as diverse as can be contained in one volume, from the economics of raising a cow in Michael Pollan's "Power Steer," to the group mentality of soccer hooligans in an excerpt from Bill Buford's book Among the Thugs.
Charleston City Paper |
John Edward Royall |
01-30-2008 |
Nonfiction
UVA Professor Talks Credit Crisisnew
Commerce School Professor Robert Webb, who specializes in the study of speculative markets, points out that last year, the European Central Bank and the Fed made rate cuts that analysts thought would be a shorter involvement than it has turned out to be.
C-Ville Weekly |
Will Goldsmith |
01-30-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
